Violence and abuse against the elderly: social representations of young people, adults and the elderly [Violência e maus tratos contra a pessoa idosa: representações sociais de jovens, adultos e idosos] [Violencia y maltrato contra la persona mayor: representaciones sociales de jóvenes, adultos y ancianos]
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https://doi.org/10.12957/reuerj.2018.31645Keywords:
Old man, violence, mistreatment, health.Abstract
Objective: to examine social representations constructed by young people, adults and the elderly regarding violence and abuse against older people. Method: this exploratory, qualitative study used social representations theory in the period from March to September 2015 with 150 randomly chosen participants. Data were collected by semi-structured interview using two stimulus-terms: violence and abuse against elderly persons. The empirical material was organized into two corpuses and processed with IRaMuTeQ® software. The processed data pointed to three semantic classes for the stimulus-term violence, and two for the stimulus-term abuse. The project was approved by the research ethics committee (Protocol 0516/14). Results: younger participants mentioned types of violence; adults talked about violence-related offenses; and the elderly associated violence and abuse with dimensions of affect. Conclusion: it is hoped that the findings will contribute to scaling educational and protective actions for effective application of policies for the elderly.
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Objetivo: analisar as representações sociais sobre violência e maus tratos contra a pessoa idosa, construídas por jovens, adultos e idosos. Método: estudo exploratório de abordagem qualitativa, utilizando o aporte teórico das representações sociais, realizado com 150 participantes, escolhidos aleatoriamente, no período de março/setembro de 2015. Dados foram coletados por entrevista semiestruturada utilizando estímulos indutores: violência e maus tratos contra pessoa idosa. O material empírico foi organizado em dois corpora e processados com o auxílio do software IRaMuTeQ®. Os dados processados apontaram para o estimulo violência três classes semânticas; para maus tratos, duas classes. O projeto foi aprovado em Comitê de ética e pesquisa (protocolo 0516/14). Resultados: jovens falam de tipos de violência; adultos falam sobre contravenções relacionadas; idosos associam dimensões de cunho afetivo. Conclusão: espera-se que os achados contribuam para dimensionamento de ações educativas-protetivas para efetivação de políticas públicas ao idoso.
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Objetivo: analizar las representaciones sociales sobre violencia y maltrato contra la persona mayor, construidas por jóvenes, adultos y ancianos. Método: estudio exploratorio de enfoque cualitativo, utilizando el aporte teórico de las representaciones sociales, realizado con 150 participantes, elegidos al azar, en el período de marzo / septiembre de 2015. Los datos fueron recolectados por entrevista semiestructurada utilizando estímulos inductores: violencia y maltrato contra el anciano. El material empírico fue organizado en dos corpus y procesado con la ayuda del software IRaMuTeQ®. Los datos procesados apuntaron hacia el estímulo violencia, tres clases semánticas; hacia maltratos, dos clases. El proyecto fue aprobado en el Comité de ética e investigación (protocolo 0516/14). Resultados: jóvenes hablan sobre tipos de violencia; los adultos hablan sobre contravenciones relacionadas; los ancianos asocian dimensiones de carácter afectivo. Conclusión: se espera que los hallazgos contribuyan a dimensionar acciones educativas-protectoras para volver efectivas las políticas públicas en cuanto al anciano.
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